Project and Resourcing Coordinator
We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.
We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy – and directly advise the owners and management teams leading them.
We’ll broaden your horizons
Playing an important support role at BDO, our Secretarial and Administration team contributes to our success by taking responsibility for planning and organisation. Their proactive approach to what we do ensures our projects operate seamlessly and co-operation remains strong across our firm. Joining this team, you’ll enjoy a friendly and supportive environment – and plenty of variety to keep you on your toes.
We’ll help you succeed
Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.
You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.
As a Project & Resourcing Coordinator, you will be part of a fast growing audit team. As an essential part of the team, you support the audit team and the audit process with respect to resourcing to ensure our audits are of high quality. Working closely with the Resourcing Manager, the Project & Resourcing Coordinator provides support with reflecting staffing decisions for the audit projects in the staff booking system as well as supporting any related activities such as stocktake or training coordination.
Typical responsibilities cover the coordination tasks required to support audit clients and teams:
* Coordination of key meetings for the client teams including review resourcing and budgets.
* Support staffing activities across the audit department (110 staff), including stocktake coordination.
* Update resource management tools with accurate information and ensure the information in the tool is up to date.
* Processing of regular reporting based on our resourcing system, such as weekly availability reports.
* Liaison with our offshoring and outsourced partners to forecast/book/update resource bookings against the planned hours.
* Support in project management process and deliver information for planning and resource purposes.
* Support the Resource Manager with forward planning and budgeting for the audit projects.
* The role will be predominantly office based in Bristol (typically 3-4 days/week) with travel to our Reading office (typically fortnightly). (The reverse arrangement will be considered)
You'll be someone who:
* Has some experience working in administration - either within a similar role such as PMO, Resourcing, Client Coordination - or keen to develop experience in these areas.
* Is IT literate with a strong competence in MS Office (especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
* Has accuracy and attention to detail.
* Enjoys solving problems.
* Has organisational skills.
* Can comfortably communicate at all levels (written and verbal) and build strong relationships with clients within the business, and within the wider audit team.
* Is able to work with confidential information.
* Is happy to work under pressure and to deadlines, and to respond quickly.
* Is a strong team worker.
* Is flexible and adaptable and can manage multiple demands efficiently and effectively.
You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task at hand.
At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.
We’re in it together
Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.
Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.
We know that collaboration is the key to creating value and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences.
We’re looking forward to the future
At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you.
We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise.
We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
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